The Use of Two Stay – Two Stray Through Manga on the Student’s Achievement in Reading Comprehension

Abstract

This study dealt with the use of two stay – two stay through manga on the student’s achievement in reading comprehension. This study was conducted at SMP Negeri 1 Gebang on Jalan Medan – Pangkalan Berandan Kecamatan Gebang Kabupaten Langkat eighth grade. The sample was taken by using random sampling technique. The number of sample were 34 students. The method of research applied classroom action research. It was applied to figure out the student’s activity during the use of two stay – two stray through manga on student’s in reading comprehension. The instruments of this research were observation sheet and a reading comprehension test which consisted of 10 questions. The researcher conducted two cycles in this research, there were three meetings in cycle 1 and 1 meeting in cycle 2. This research used quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data showed that the mean score in cycle 1 was 45.00, the mean score in cycle 2 was 86.76, the students who got score more than 70 in cycle 1 was 6 student and the percentage was 17.64%, the students who got score more than 70 in cycle 2 was 34 students and the percentage was 100%. The qualitative data got from observation sheet in every cycle showed that the improvement of teacher and students’ behaviour. Based on the results from quantitative and qualitative data proved that Two Stay – Two Stray Method improved the students achievement in reading comprehension.